EVACUATION OF RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION IN A TREATMENT ROOM AND WITHOUT GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

  1. G. M. Fllshie,
  2. R. R. Sanders†,
  3. P. M. S. O'Brien,
  4. J. Overton,
  5. T. Khattab,
  6. J. J. N. Oats

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12636.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 84, Issue 7, pages 514–516, July 1977

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Fllshie, G. M., Sanders, R. R., O'Brien, P. M. S., Overton, J., Khattab, T. and Oats, J. J. N. (1977), EVACUATION OF RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION IN A TREATMENT ROOM AND WITHOUT GENERAL ANAESTHESIA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 84: 514–516. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12636.x

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PD

  1. †

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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One hundred patients with an incomplete abortion, 14 patients with retained products of conception after a second trimester termination, 5 patients with missed abortion and 2 patients with secondary postpartum haemorrhages (making a total of 121 patients) had a uterine evacuation in a treatment room using the portable Karman curette equipment. No general anaesthesia was used but patients were given intravenous pethidine or papavaretum (Omnopon) and diazepam. Four patients found the procedure painful but only two of them would have preferred general anaesthesia. There were no immediate complications but three patients required re-evacuation of the uterus.

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